Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 653)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
200558001093	631	Sunnyside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	511 Sunnyside St	Dodge City	67801	Ford County	Dodge City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 471-2112	363	13	29	97.8%	27 (7.4%)	2 (0.6%)	333 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,670			$2,795			$8,874	7.4	14.2	585	46
200795001437	632	M E Pearson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	310 N 11th St	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3150	567	43	13.1	85.7%	31 (5.5%)	46 (8.1%)	450 (79.4%)	24 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	11 (1.9%)	$11,284			$3,128			$8,156	7.3	12.8	601	31
200558001089	633	Central Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Central Avenue	Dodge City	67801	Ford County	Dodge City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 471-2104	387	19	20.9	92.8%	22 (5.7%)	6 (1.6%)	347 (89.7%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$10,453			$1,326			$9,127	7.3	9.3	623	10
201299000322	634	White Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5148 S Kansas	Wichita	67216	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-1250	413	29	14.1	88.1%	185 (44.8%)	62 (15.0%)	89 (21.5%)	9 (2.2%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	61 (14.8%)	$11,684			$3,841			$7,844	7.2	4.2	658	24
201299000302	635	Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2500 E 18th	Wichita	67214	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	Yes	(316) 973-8300	310	24	13	94.2%	30 (9.7%)	197 (63.5%)	45 (14.5%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.3%)	$13,863			$5,387			$8,476	7	4.7	655	20
201226001447	636	Ross Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 SE 34th St	Topeka	66605	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 274-6280	532	43	12.3	92.7%	80 (15.0%)	108 (20.3%)	236 (44.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	99 (18.6%)	$14,410			$2,613			$11,797	7	4.9	652	16
201299001762	637	Jackson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2717 N Woodlawn	Wichita	67220	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-1200	290	26	11.2	82.8%	69 (23.8%)	110 (37.9%)	64 (22.1%)	6 (2.1%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (12.4%)	$13,337			$4,692			$8,645	6.8	6.7	639	2
201299000263	638	Clark Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	650 S. Apache	Wichita	67207	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-5850	240	21	11.5	90.8%	53 (22.1%)	97 (40.4%)	49 (20.4%)	4 (1.7%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (1.3%)	31 (12.9%)	$11,399			$3,651			$7,748	6.8	5.5	647	9
200795001390	639	Silver City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2515 Lawrence Ave	Kansas City	66106	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4550	1,421	84	16.8	85.3%	117 (8.2%)	409 (28.8%)	699 (49.2%)	134 (9.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	58 (4.1%)	$15,520			$5,271			$10,250	6.4	9.4	620	19
200795001393	640	Douglass Elementary	Public	K-5	1310 N 9th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5100	232	20	11.7	94.4%	7 (3.0%)	55 (23.7%)	147 (63.4%)	10 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.6%)	$12,912			$3,245			$9,667	6.4	13.8	590	50

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.